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Oman Requests $51 Million In Hundreds Of TOW 2B Missiles

Thursday, January 7th, 2016

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Oman Requests $51 Million In Hundreds Of TOW 2B Missiles

TOW Weapon System Photo: Raytheon

The State Department approved a possible $51 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) request to Oman for over 400 of TOW 2B missiles, related equipment and support.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential sale on Jan. 6.Major defense equipment (MDE) in the requested FMS would include 400 Tube-launched Optically-tracked wire guided (TOW) 2B Aero, Radio Frequency (RF) Missiles (BGM-71F-3-RF) and seven TOW 2B Aero, RF Missile (BGM-71F-3-RF) Fly-to-Buy Missiles.The prime contractor for the sale would be Raytheon…

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